Bills by

José Peralta

Senator

124 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →jperalta@nysenate.gov

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

124 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S1018Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules
Requires the court to advise aliens of deportation consequences of guilty plea; allows guilty plea withdrawal
Requires the court to advise a defendant that if he or she is an alien and he or she is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in his or her deportation; allows a…
José PeraltaRules Committee
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S1021Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules
Establishes time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy conditions in such petition
Establishes time restrictions for court issued consent orders for work performance to remove or remedy dangerous conditions or building code violations; permits sixty days for consent orders to be…
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S1003Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires the judge in a criminal proceeding or in a family court proceeding, upon issuance of an order of protection to inquire as to the possession of a firearm by the defendant or respondent

Requires the judge in a criminal proceeding or in a family court proceeding, upon issuance of an order of protection, to inquire as to the ownership of a firearm by the defendant or respondent.

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S1002Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires employees of dealers in firearms and gunsmiths to submit to a criminal background check

Requires employees of dealers in firearms to submit to state and national criminal background checks and sets forth procedures for employment certificates.

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S965Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; provides that such measures shall be promulgated…

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S729Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes the actual innocence justice act 2012

Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2012; clarifies that convicted persons who can demonstrate a reasonable probability that they are innocent will have the right to challenge their…

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S730Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Makes contractors ineligible to bid for a public work contract if prevailing rate wages and supplements due from all prior public work contracts remain unpaid

Makes contractors ineligible to bid for a public work contract if prevailing rate wages and supplements due from all prior public work contracts remain unpaid.

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S724Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires the payment of prevailing wages on certain state university of New York construction projects

Requires the payment of prevailing wages on construction projects involving the state university of New York, the dormitory authority or the state university construction fund and any third party.

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S725Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires the renewal of firearms licenses after five years outside the city of New York

Requires the renewal of firearms' licenses after five years and the taking of a safety course outside the city of New York; sets a date for expiration and provides for a schedule for recertification…

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S723Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund

Relates to the dedicated occupational safety and health training and education and occupational health clinic programs fund.

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S727Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to unemployment insurance benefits for professional employment by certain educational institutions

Provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent on enrollment, funding, or programmatic changes shall…

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S681Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Creates council on affordable housing within executive department and requires comprehensive planning and construction of low and moderate income housing

Creates a fair sharing housing act and a council on affordable housing within the executive department; provides for planning and construction of low and moderate income housing in accordance with…

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S679Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes penalties for failure to provide a DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender

Establishes penalties for failure to provide a DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender; establishes the crimes of failure to provide a DNA sample in the first and second…

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S678Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires sale or transfer of certain firearms between unlicensed persons shall be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer

Requires sale or transfer of rifles and shotguns between unlicensed persons shall be conducted through a federally licensed firearms dealer; makes exceptions; provides penalties.

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S676Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires employees of dealers in firearms and gunsmiths to submit to a criminal background check

Requires employees of dealers in firearms to submit to state and national criminal background checks.

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S674Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to the suspension and revocation of firearms licenses upon the issuance of orders of protection

Relates to the suspension and revocation of firearms licenses upon the issuance of orders of protection.

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S668Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires the board of elections to provide a registered voter with a sample ballot via mail

Requires the board of elections to provide a registered voter with a sample ballot not less than ten days nor more than twenty days before an election via mail.

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S670Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Authorizes a court to revoke the firearms license and seize the weapons of certain individuals

Authorizes courts to revoke firearms license and seize the weapons of certain individuals.

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S666Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; requires the publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination; requires school districts to provide potable water…

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S669Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools

Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and…

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S671Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires farm workers and domestic workers to be given at least 24 hours of consecutive rest

Requires farm workers and domestic workers to be given at least 24 hours of consecutive rest like other employees in New York State.

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S604Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to voting rights in cooperative apartments

Provides that the sponsor of a cooperative apartment building or condominium units may not continue to sit on the board or to vote after the transfer to the cooperative corporation or condominium…

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S603Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period

Prohibits more than one increase in the price of motor fuel in any twenty-four hour period.

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S602Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Increases to $10,000 the contribution that a resident taxpayer may make to family tuition accounts for each child during a taxable year

Increases the contribution that a resident taxpayer may make to family tuition accounts for each beneficiary thereof during a taxable year.

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S601Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Increases civil penalties for violations of building maintenance standards within the city of New York

Increases civil penalties for violations of state and local laws which pertain to building maintenance and operation within the city of New York.

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S359Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Authorizes credit unions to participate in the excelsior linked deposit program and raises the limit on the amount permitted to be on deposit at any given time

Authorizes credit unions to participate in the excelsior linked deposit program and raises the limit on the amount permitted to be on deposit at any given time.

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S358Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state.

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S131Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Regulates debt collection practices; repealer

Enacts the fair debt collection practices act; prohibits debt collectors and creditors from attempting to collect debts by threatening violence, falsely accusing any person of fraud or of a crime,…

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S130Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires manufacturers and sellers of manufactured homes to provide customers with notice that owners of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprisin

Requires manufacturers and sellers of manufactured homes to provide customers with notice that owners of manufactured home parks may change the use of land comprising manufactured home parks…

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S127Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides that limited liability for persons held jointly liable shall not apply to parties held liable for failing to provide reasonable security

Provides that limited liability for persons held jointly liable shall not apply to parties held liable for failing to provide reasonable security or failing to provide security required by federal,…

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S128Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires police officers and peace officers to report any discharge of their weapon to the agency which employs them

Requires every police officer and peace officer to report every discharge of his or her weapon, regardless of whether he or she is on duty, to the law enforcement agency which employs such officer;…

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S78Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires cardiac screening of student athletes

Requires cardiac screening of student athletes; mandates coaches receive training in CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator.

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S73Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their debt collection correspondence

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who…

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S76Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"

Enacts the "construction safety course accountability act"; authorizes the department of labor to license any entity or organization in the state of New York which offers an Occupational Safety and…

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S75Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Directs telecommunication and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state

Directs telecommunications and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and such corporations' service areas; includes a list of what…

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S74Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to consumer protection from deceptive acts and practices

Relates to consumer protection from deceptive acts and practices; increases damages and directs consumers on bringing an action for such deceptive acts and practices.

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S77Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Enables senior citizens to cash social security checks without maintaining an account at the bank honoring such check

Directs every banking organization or foreign banking corporation transacting business in this state to cash properly endorsed social security checks presented by the payee, upon sufficient…

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S69Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Makes provision for the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by the state and local governments

Requires the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by any department, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state of New York and local governments by either selling or transferring…

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S4840Senate· Moved Feb 9, 2012· Amend (t) and recommit to health

Directs commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify results of inspections of entertainment venue food service establishments

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of an entertainment food service establishment; directs such commissioner and…

José PeraltaHealth Committee

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S677Senate· Moved Jan 24, 2012· Amended by restoring to previous print 677a

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a…

José PeraltaJudiciary Committee

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S132Senate· Moved Jan 4, 2012· Defeated in banks

Requires mortgage lenders and brokers to provide consumer with mortgage bill of rights pamphlet which must be signed by the consumer prior to mortgage application

Requires mortgage lenders and brokers to provide consumers with a mortgage bill of rights pamphlet which must be read and signed by the consumer prior to applying for a mortgage.

José PeraltaBanks Committee

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S5623Senate· Signed Jul 20, 2011· Signed chap.215

Relates to the crime of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree

Relates to the crime of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree; includes the act of distributing obscene material or material that depicts nudity if such distribution is done with intent to…

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